We asked locals what they think of this year’s Bath Christmas Market.
The market was crowned one of the best Christmas markets in the UK by Which?
The study spotlighted the eight best markets in the UK based on the cities that were rated highest in the best UK cities survey of more than 4,000 visitors.
Which? readers voted Bath their favourite medium-sized city, and it has one of the UK’s biggest and most established Christmas markets.
We talked with locals at Bath Christmas market to see if they agreed with the verdict.
The market was crowned one of the best Christmas markets in the UK by Which?
The study spotlighted the eight best markets in the UK based on the cities that were rated highest in the best UK cities survey of more than 4,000 visitors.
Which? readers voted Bath their favourite medium-sized city, and it has one of the UK’s biggest and most established Christmas markets.
We talked with locals at Bath Christmas market to see if they agreed with the verdict.
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00:00Bath Christmas Market has been voted one of the best Christmas markets in the UK by which?
00:06Let's find out if locals agree with the verdict.
00:10I like it. I live here and it annoys a lot of people but I really like it. I think it's
00:15lovely every year. The city fills up, everybody looks cheerful, there's tons of stuff. It's
00:20good.
00:21Yeah, it is good fun. It is fun. Yeah.
00:24Do you reckon it's one of the best markets in the area?
00:27Yes, in the world maybe.
00:29I don't think I've been to any other.
00:31I've been to Germany and I've been to Switzerland and there's a rubbish compared to Bath.
00:35It's the best in the world.
00:38We've been to the Bristol one and I think the Bath is much bigger and much better than
00:42the Bristol one and it's bigger than the Exeter one as well.
00:45Pretty sick.
00:46I probably would say otherwise. We've both worked on the Christmas market together and
00:52separately. It is nice but it also can be a bit of a pain.
00:58But I mean, it's really pretty. It brings a lot of people to Bath.
01:02When you're a local as well, I think you sort of see the less amazing sides of it. When
01:08there's so much traffic trying to come into Bath or even just trying to get from A to
01:13B if you work in the centre, it's just impossible trying to get anywhere. But it is the season.
01:18Can't be too negative.
01:21It is nice to wander around.
01:22It is horrible to work.
01:24In full on sleep.
01:25Because I think everyone's cold and in a rush.
01:28And everyone's got massive shopping bags.
01:31It's pretty, it's just busy.
01:33Yeah, I agree.
01:35I know it's still November and I'm not the one to play Christmas songs in October but
01:39it's just nice to run up to Christmas. You get a couple of weeks and you just come here
01:46at the start and it just feels nice and feels homey. Obviously you get your mulled wine
01:50and you drink lots of cider.
01:52And it's just a great day out really, you know.